Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 151 - 146 Monkey Stamp

Chapter 151: Chapter 146 Monkey Stamp

Thinking of Lu Jinke and Lu Jinhao, Lu Yun’s mind instantly branched out to many more thoughts.

In a year when the two brothers, doted on by their parents and strictly disciplined by their grandparents, didn’t go astray, most people thought it was all thanks to their grandparents. Even the brothers themselves, Lu Aibing, and Zhang Cai deeply agreed.

But Lu Yun secretly thought that Lu Jinke and Lu Jinhao were more like their father in nature, both valuing loyalty and capable of gratitude.

Therefore, she held them in high regard, and she invested a lot of effort in them. Unfortunately, in her previous life, she left too suddenly, and the few simple recipes she had planned to leave for the two of them had not yet been handed over before she inexplicably reincarnated.

Sigh, without those recipes, the most profitable businesses were bound to be lost. However, she was fortunate in that the various industries she had been involved in previously were quite diverse, and the profitability was still good. The group company’s operations did not rely on that income to sustain itself.

Even the will, stock certificates, and other documents, which were kept in case of emergencies, were not directly stored in the space but had been entrusted to a lawyer for safekeeping early on.

Therefore, as long as Lu Jinke and Lu Jinhao, the two brothers, worked together, overcoming the crisis would not be difficult. Moreover, these trials were exactly what they needed to temper them. If they could safely get through this, the path ahead would be even broader and more open. If they couldn’t make it, they were still young, with the capital to start over. Even if they were knocked down, the generous insurance she had bought for them long ago would ensure that living as wealthy gentlemen wouldn’t be a problem.

"That settles it."

Shitou saw Lu Yun’s expression changing continuously and knew she was thinking about something else. He wasn’t in a hurry. If she wanted to talk, she would naturally tell him; if not, he would not force her as he had when they first met.

"I’m overthinking it. Like they say, ’Concern leads to chaos,’ and it really is true."

Lu Yun chuckled and mockingly said to herself. Her grandparents were such wise old people, their life wisdom far above her own, "A single elder in the family is like a treasure," indeed referred to elders like them.

Her worries were somewhat superfluous in the face of such elders.

Moreover, not only were her grandparents wise, but her mother was no less capable. Her father was not the kind of man who lacked ideas on his own. Lu Yun’s heart finally settled completely.

Without that concern, Lu Yun’s mindset became calmer. With the new year approaching, she planned to start selling vegetables at the beginning of February, earn a fortune, and then return to her hometown. After the year 1980 was over, the crackdown seemed to be in ’82, right? But that didn’t seem to have anything to do with them.

The year 1980, had she forgotten something?

Lu Yun racked her brain but just couldn’t remember what it was that she had forgotten.

Not until breakfast the next morning when her mother and aunt talked about her yearning for a younger brother, the aunt, beaming with joy, said, "No matter if it’s a boy or a girl, it’s just a little monkey anyway."

Monkey--

How could she have forgotten about the Monkey Stamp?

Lu Yun slapped her forehead. Wasn’t 1980 the year when the first zodiacal "Monkey Stamp," later hailed as a "philatelic legend," was issued? Everyone on earth knew how dramatically the full sheet of 80 stamps, each costing just 8 cents for a total of 6.4 yuan, would soar in value.

"Auntie is right. Mom, why don’t we buy more Monkey Stamps and keep them? They’re just too commemorative," Lu Yun suggested enthusiastically.

"What is a Monkey Stamp?" Everyone was confused.

"It’s a stamp. Isn’t this year the Year of the Monkey? So, naturally, the stamp for the Monkey Year is called the Monkey Stamp. Shitou, don’t forget to buy some when you pass by the post office."

Lu Yun stuck out her tongue, wondering how she accidentally blurted out "Monkey Stamp." Then she kindly suggested to everyone, "This year is definitely a good one, so why don’t we all buy a sheet of Monkey Stamps to collect? If you’re going to buy, get a whole sheet of eighty stamps—the big ones. They look both comfortable and festive."

"How many?" Shitou asked.

"As many as you can get. But they have to be complete sheets; don’t get ones with bent edges. You should also buy a stamp album to store them properly. If there are other stamps available, buy some to add to the collection." Lu Yun wasn’t particularly interested in stamp collecting and could be said to know next to nothing about it. If the Monkey Stamp hadn’t been so famous, she wouldn’t have remembered it either.

"Okay," Shitou readily agreed.

"Monkey Stamp does sound quite festive," Xia Yuan didn’t object.

"Just get a few as a gesture; why eighty? How long would it take to use them all if we were to mail letters?" Lu Aijiao was somewhat dismissive.

"Right, they can’t be eaten after all." Wu Tan also hesitated to spend over six yuan on eighty stamps just for the festivity, so he strongly agreed, "I’ll just buy ten to make a gesture."

He didn’t know that for many years to come, he would regret his "stinginess" at this moment, beating his chest and stamping his feet. Even though by then he certainly didn’t lack the money from selling stamps. Instead, it was this missed opportunity that kindled his intense interest in stamp collecting, causing him to pour in lots of cold, hard cash.

People’s minds are indeed strange, seemingly changing every single moment.

"Go on and buy it, how much could it cost? Let’s get a big sheet too, just to look at, and don’t talk about using it to mail letters." Xie Jiang, however, became interested upon hearing this and indeed ended up buying a whole sheet.

However, Lu Aijiao couldn’t resist and, lacking stamps when mailing a letter one time, tore a stamp off from Xie Jiang’s carefully stored whole sheet of Monkey Stamps. Years later, she too would be filled with regret.

After sending Shitou, Xie Jiang, and Wu Tan out, Lu Yun also left for school. When only Xia Yuan and Lu Aijiao were left at home, Xia Yuan frequently hesitated to speak, which Lu Aijiao noticed. After holding back several times, she finally couldn’t resist asking, "Xia Yuan, do you have something you want to say?"

"... Yeah, you noticed." Xia Yuan looked a bit embarrassedly at Lu Aijiao.

"Yes, I saw it."

How could I not notice? You were practically about to blurt it out. You’ve been looking at me with that ’I want to talk’ expression all morning. Look then look, but you just wouldn’t come out and say it. If Lu Aijiao didn’t ask, Xia Yuan might not suffocate holding it in, but she herself might die of impatience.

Lu Aijiao rolled her eyes dramatically at Xia Yuan and said, "Out with it."

The two of them had been in each other’s company for a long time, either working together or chatting every day. After such a long time, even strangers would have developed feelings for each other, let alone the two of them.

To say that both of them had a very good impression of the other would be an understatement. So now their relationship had grown even closer, no longer tinged with mere politeness when they spoke.

"Big sister—is Aiguo really the Second Aunt’s biological child?" Xia Yuan finally mustered the courage to ask.